I think this just might be a bit special; the story goes that Ally MacLeod, sometime film-maker, dance teacher and New York City resident, was back home in the Highlands doing some work with Martin Stephenson (sometime Daintee, all-round musical […]
Friend of Mine – The Bill Morrissey Tribute Concert Somerville Theatre, Somerville, MA November 17, 2011 The show was set to start at 7:00 pm , but at 6:45 the on stage video screen lit up with Bill’s […]
The secret to happiness lies in the extent to which one can manage expectations. It’s a delicate trick. Expect too much, and you will surely be disappointed. Trudge through life expecting nothing, and that is what you will find. The […]
As a matter of disclosure, though I don’t think it’s a secret, I am much closer to Have Gun Will Travel than I am with most of the bands that get featured here on ninebullets. That said, I wanted to […]
I think it’s going to work out fine is the last track on side one of the Bop Till You Drop album, released by Ry Cooder in 1979. It’s an instrumental track, a version of a song written by Rose […]
Hearth Music is proud to present the second annual Seattle Folk Festival. Held December 9-11, 2011 in the city of Seattle, the Festival aims to bring together roots and indie-roots musicians from around the Northwest and beyond in an intimate, […]
Every once in a great while there comes along a tremendously talented singer/songwriter whose songs move us so profoundly that the visceral impact of each one is felt long after the final chord played and the last line sung trail off into the brief silence between. Folk troubadour Willy Tea Taylor is […]
I’ve been impatiently awaiting a new album from Canadian roots music artist Michael Jerome Browne for quite a while now. The last album of his that I have, Michael Jerome Browne & The Twin Rivers String Band, is one of my […]
Ray Charles – Live in France 1961 (Eagle Vision/Reelin’ in the Years, 2011) 1961 was a banner year for Ray Charles. The crossover seeds he’d sewn with Atlantic on 1959’s The Genius of Ray Charles had led him to bigger […]
by Terry Roland “You’ve go to find the song that’s worth singing and you’ve got to follow it where ever it goes.” Peter Case Director/Producer Tom Weber’s film, Troubadour Blues, has fulfilled a vision while it has done a public service […]
